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An introduction to financial econometrics Jianqing Fan Department of Operation Research econometrics? This simple question does not have a simple answer. The boundary of such an interdisciplinary speaking, financial econometrics is to study quantitative problems arising from finance. It uses sta

Monotonicity is a key qualitative prediction of a wide array of economic models derived via robust comparative statics. It is therefore important to design effective and practical econometricmethods for testing this ...

In this chapter we discuss conceptually high dimensional sparse econometric models as well as estimation of these models using ?1-penalization and post-?1-penalization methods. Focusing on linear and nonparametric regression ...

ECON 502 Syllabus Dr. Ghosh Syllabus for ECON 502: EconometricMethods Fall 2010 Instructor course in econometrics. "Econometrics is the application of statistical and mathematical methods and refuting them." So a course in econometrics ­ even this introductory one ­ involves both theory

, therefore, reflects the type of car storage with each house. The age cycle (6ROUP) variable partitions the data set according to Ring's concept ot the cycle. To establish groupings, the properties are classif1ed accord1ng to s1milarity of development... in terms of time required and accuracy of market value estimates. In mass appraisal applica- tions, much of the available data on recent sale activity does not enter the appraisal procedure for a specific property. Econometricmethods facilitate...

Econometrics and Data Analysis I Yale University ECON S131 (ONLINE) ­ Summer Session A, 2014 June 2 microeconomics and familiarity with single variable calculus. In most econometrics classes, mathematical methods textbook for this course is Introduction to Econometrics, 2nd or 3rd edition, by Stock and Watson (Addison

Approved Module Information for BS2247, 2014/5 Module Title/Name: Introduction to Econometrics 1 aims to provide the students with the most basic and important Econometrics knowledge, including simple and multiple linear regressions, and prepare them for BS2248 Introduction to Econometrics II. Pre

Approved Module Information for BS3336, 2014/5 Module Title/Name: Applied EconometricsIntroduction to Econometrics I AND BS2248 Introduction to Econometrics II Available to Exchange Students students undertake and advances their knowledge and skills to the methods of econometric and time

1 Financial Econometrics (29:390:300:50) Fall 2008 Professor Robert H. Patrick Department requirement for students that have not taken Introduction to Econometrics already. Students who are double majors in Finance and Economics can take Introduction to Econometrics (220:322). References Course

The Econometrics of High Frequency Data Per A. Mykland and Lan Zhang This version: February 12 Econometrics of High Frequency Data 1 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview This is a course on estimation in high frequency data. It is intended for an audience that includes people interested in finance, econometrics

An Introduction to the Conjugate Gradient Method Without the Agonizing Pain Edition 11 4 Jonathan Abstract The Conjugate Gradient Method is the most prominent iterative method for solving sparse systems, the Conjugate Gradient Method is a composite of simple, elegant ideas that almost anyone can understand

An Introduction to the Conjugate Gradient Method Without the Agonizing Pain Edition 1 1 4 Jonathan Abstract The Conjugate Gradient Method is the most prominent iterative method for solving sparse systems, the Conjugate Gradient Method is a composite of simple, elegant ideas that almost anyone can understand

An Introduction to the Conjugate Gradient Method Without the Agonizing Pain Jonathan Richard 15213 Abstract The Conjugate Gradient Method is the most prominent iterative method for solving sparse the mumblings of their forebears. Nevertheless, the Conjugate Gradient Method is a composite of simple, elegant

in popularity with the finite difference method in the areas of heat transfer and fluid mechanics. 1DRAFT Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD 1.1 Historical perspective: the origins of the finite el- ement method The finite element method constitutes a general tool for the numerical solution

This thesis consists of three chapters that cover separate topics in econometrics. The first chapter demonstrate a negative result on the asymptotic sizes of subset Anderson- Rubin tests with weakly identified nuisance ...

Chapter 13 Remote Method Invocations 13.1 Introduction A popular way of developing distributed applications is based on the concept of remote procedure calls (RPC's) or remote method invocations (RMI's). Here the main idea is that a process can make calls to methods of a remote object as if it were

1 An Econometrics Analysis of Freight Rail Demand Growth in Australia Albert Wijeweera a, * , Hong of non-bulk freight demand in Australia. The paper uses a simple but robust econometricsmethod this growth at about four per cent per year (BTRE, 2006). The econometric model used herein enables us

The Econometrics of Financial Markets John Y. Campbell, Andrew W. Lo, and A. Craig Mac, in a review of The Econometrics of Financial Markets, winner of TIAA-CREF's 1997 Paul A. Samuelson AwardKinlay's The Econometrics of Finan- cial Markets made a bold leap forward by integrating theory and empirical work

Econometrics 26 223 554 01 Fall 2014 (Thursdays, 1:00 - 3:50 pm) Instructor: Daniela Osterrieder Author Fumio Hayashi Book title Econometrics Year 2000 Publisher Princeton University Press ISBN-10 0 is designed to introduce the course participants to the use of Econometrics in the form of an empirical study

A method for producing small hollow glass spheres filled with a gas by introduction of the gas during formation of the hollow glass spheres. Hollow glass microspheres having a diameter up to about 500.mu. with both thin walls (0.5 to 4.mu.) and thick walls (5 to 20.mu.) that contain various fill gases, such as Ar, Kr, Xe, Br, DT, H.sub.2, D.sub.2, He, N.sub.2, Ne, CO.sub.2, etc. in the interior thereof, can be produced by the diffusion of the fill gas or gases into the microsphere during the formation thereof from a liquid droplet of glass-forming solution. This is accomplished by filling at least a portion of the multiple-zone drop-furnace used in producing hollow microspheres with the gas or gases of interest, and then taking advantage of the high rate of gaseous diffusion of the fill gas through the wall of the gel membrane before it transforms into a glass microsphere as it is processed in the multiple-zone furnace. Almost any gas can be introduced into the inner cavity of a glass microsphere by this method during the formation of the microsphere provided that the gas is diffused into the gel membrane or microsphere prior to its transformation into glass. The process of this invention provides a significant savings of time and related expense of filling glass microspheres with various gases. For example, the time for filling a glass microballoon with 1 atmosphere of DT is reduced from about two hours to a few seconds.

The Econometrics of Data Combination Geert Ridder Department of Economics, University of Southern University,Baltimore E-mail: moffitt@jhu.edu Chapter for the Handbook of Econometrics April 1, 2005 We thank

NOTES AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NET INVESTMENT IN GULF SHRIMP FISHING VESSELS1 The major capital to the Gulf shrimp fishery. The purpose of this study is to estimate an econometric model of annual real net

Graphical models, causal inference, and econometric models Peter Spirtes Abstract A graphical model modeling has historical ties to causal modeling in econometrics and other social sciences, there have been isolated from the econometric tradition. In this paper I will describe a number of recent developments

Tier II Canada Research Chair in Financial Econometrics The University of Western Ontario Research Chair in the area of Financial Econometrics, at the rank of probationary (tenure-track) Assistant: Labour Economics, Macroeconomics, Micro Theory and Econometrics. Quantitative Finance is an area

5 Ecosystem exchange measurement methods 5.3 Introduction To understand the behaviour of an ecosystem it is important to know its resource requirements. Though numerous resources are mobilized models have attempted to represent the growth of entire plants or of entire ecosystems based on physical

THE TJALLING C+ KOOPMANS ECONOMETRIC THEORY PRIZE: 1994­1996 Econometric Theory is proud to announce the winning article for theTjalling C+ Koopmans Econometric Theory Prize over the period 1994 articles published in Econometric Theory ~1994­1996! were candidates for the prize, except those that were

Article No. ectj?????? Econometrics Journal (2008), volume 04, pp. 1­32. Realised Kernels is a Brownian motion, all adapted to some filtration F. For reviews of the econometrics of processes of the type

Some applications of functional data analysis to econometrics and finance Piotr Kokoszka Department of Statistics, Penn State University Piotr Kokoszka FDA in econometrics and finance #12;Outline Functional time Kokoszka FDA in econometrics and finance #12;Cumulative intraday returns on SP500; Lucca and Moench 2014

Limit theorems for bipower variation in financial econometrics Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen Department econometrics. The analysis is carried out under some rather general Brownian semimartingale assumptions, which come from and how they sit within the econometrics literature. Our theoretical development is motivated

Econometric Models of Asymmetric Ascending Auctions Han Hong Department of Economics Princeton econometric models of ascending (English) auctions which allow for both bid- der asymmetries as well as common an econometric model, thus extending the literature on structural estimation of auction models. Finally

Integer-valued L´evy processes and low latency financial econometrics Ole E. Barndorff Abstract Motivated by features of low latency data in financial econometrics we study in detail integer- valued L´evy processes as the basis of price processes for high frequency econometrics. We propose using

ISSN 1745-9648 Econometric Evidence on the Impacts of Privatization, New Entry, and Independent and China) over the time period 1991-2006 under a 3-equation econometric framework. The estimation results regulator; mobile network; econometric analysis #12;Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Catherine

Working Paper 03-24 Statistics and Econometrics Series 05 April 2003 Departamento de Estadística y complex to be realistic, the Econometrics needed to estimate them are more difficult. Consequently, Statistics and Econometrics Department, University Carlos III of Madrid, C/ Madrid 126 28903 Getafe (Madrid

The present invention is a method for creating a localized disruption within a boundary of a cell or structure by exposing a boundary of a cell or structure to a set of energetically charged particles while regulating the energy of the charged particles so that the charged particles have an amount of kinetic energy sufficient to create a localized disruption within an area of the boundary of the cell or structure, then upon creation of the localized disruption, the amount of kinetic energy decreases to an amount insufficient to create further damage within the cell or structure beyond the boundary. The present invention is also a method for facilitating the introduction of a material into a cell or structure using the same methodology then further exciting the area of the boundary of the cell or structure where the localized disruption was created so to create a localized temporary opening within the boundary then further introducing the material through the temporary opening into the cell or structure.

A long-standing limitation in the use of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is that it can only be applied directly to processes that take place on very short timescales: nanoseconds if empirical potentials are employed, or picoseconds if we rely on electronic structure methods. Many processes of interest in chemistry, biochemistry, and materials science require study over microseconds and beyond, due either to the natural timescale for the evolution or to the duration of the experiment of interest. Ignoring the case of liquids xxx, the dynamics on these time scales is typically characterized by infrequent-event transitions, from state to state, usually involving an energy barrier. There is a long and venerable tradition in chemistry of using transition state theory (TST) [10, 19, 23] to directly compute rate constants for these kinds of activated processes. If needed dynamical corrections to the TST rate, and even quantum corrections, can be computed to achieve an accuracy suitable for the problem at hand. These rate constants then allow them to understand the system behavior on longer time scales than we can directly reach with MD. For complex systems with many reaction paths, the TST rates can be fed into a stochastic simulation procedure such as kinetic Monte Carlo xxx, and a direct simulation of the advance of the system through its possible states can be obtained in a probabilistically exact way. A problem that has become more evident in recent years, however, is that for many systems of interest there is a complexity that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to determine all the relevant reaction paths to which TST should be applied. This is a serious issue, as omitted transition pathways can have uncontrollable consequences on the simulated long-time kinetics. Over the last decade or so, we have been developing a new class of methods for treating the long-time dynamics in these complex, infrequent-event systems. Rather than trying to guess in advance what reaction pathways may be important, we return instead to a molecular dynamics treatment, in which the trajectory itself finds an appropriate way to escape from each state of the system. Since a direct integration of the trajectory would be limited to nanoseconds, while we are seeking to follow the system for much longer times, we modify the dynamics in some way to cause the first escape to happen much more quickly, thereby accelerating the dynamics. The key is to design the modified dynamics in a way that does as little damage as possible to the probability for escaping along a given pathway - i.e., we try to preserve the relative rate constants for the different possible escape paths out of the state. We can then use this modified dynamics to follow the system from state to state, reaching much longer times than we could reach with direct MD. The dynamics within any one state may no longer be meaningful, but the state-to-state dynamics, in the best case, as we discuss in the paper, can be exact. We have developed three methods in this accelerated molecular dynamics (AMD) class, in each case appealing to TST, either implicitly or explicitly, to design the modified dynamics. Each of these methods has its own advantages, and we and others have applied these methods to a wide range of problems. The purpose of this article is to give the reader a brief introduction to how these methods work, and discuss some of the recent developments that have been made to improve their power and applicability. Note that this brief review does not claim to be exhaustive: various other methods aiming at similar goals have been proposed in the literature. For the sake of brevity, our focus will exclusively be on the methods developed by the group.

Effects of Catalyst IntroductionMethods Using PAMAM Dendrimers on Selective Electroless Nickel stamping. After patterning, the sample surfaces were placed in an electroless bath where nickel the effects of catalyst introductionmethods using poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers on the nickel

Job Opportunity: Statistics/Econometrics Research Assistant Location: Hunter College, City and between databases using statistical and/or econometric techniques Maintain and update quantitative candidates with bachelor's degrees and relevant skills will also be considered. Training in econometrics

The objective of this Guide is to improve the quality of cost estimates and further strengthen the DOE program/project management system. This Guide strives to achieve this goal by providing uniform cost estimating methods as well as consistent estimate terminology. No cancellation.

for sampling methods are available through online literature databases; Federal, State, and university libraries; the internet; and other sources. M.2 List of Sources Department of Energy (DOE). 1987, Safety, and Health, Office of Environmental Audit, Washington, D.C. ! General Description of Document

Abstract IntroductionMethods The new algorithm (P-Kmeans) is summarized as following: Step 1 algorithm. Step 4: Perform three iterations of K-means for each particle, and update the cluster centroids that the performance of this new algorithm is much better than that of K-means and FKM consistently with shorter

Variation, jumps, market frictions and high frequency data in financial econometrics Ole E the econometrics of non-parametric estimation of the components of the variation of asset prices. This very active and order books. In our view the interaction of the new data sources with new econometric methodology

Advanced Econometrics (26:223:655:01) Fall 2013 Professor Robert H. Patrick Department of Finance://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rpatrick/hp.html This course is a continuation and generalization of the material covered in Econometrics (26:223:554). The purpose of this course is to develop advanced econometric estimation and hypothesis testing tools

Econometric Feedback for Runtime Risk Management in VoIP Architectures Oussema Dabbebi, R at automatically adapting these parameters based on an econometric feedback mechanism. We mathematically describe the configuration of such risk models, by refining at runtime the model parameters based on an econometric feedback

Impact of jumps on returns and realised variances: econometric analysis of time-deformed L In order to assess the effect of jumps on realised variance calculations, we study some of the econometriceconometric work on realised variance. Keywords: Kalman filter, L´evy process, Long-memory, Quasi

No 50-2013 Heavy subsidization reduces free-ridership: Evidence from an econometric study subsidization reduces free-ridership: Evidence from an econometric study of the French dwelling insulation tax credit Abstract This econometric study assesses the efficiency of the tax credit implemented in France

CHAPTER 2 The Econometrics of High Frequency Data Per. A. Mykland and Lan Zhang Department that includes people interested in finance, econometrics, statistics, probability and financial engineering particularly active, with contributions including 109 #12;110 THE ECONOMETRICS OF HIGH FREQUENCY DATA Andersen

1 The determinants for labour contract length A French micro-econometric study Mohamed Ali BEN for contract duration by means of econometric duration models. The estimates are carried out from French data (TDE). An econometric treatment of the endogeneity of the labour contract status and unobservable

A -moment approach to monotonic boundaries estimation: with applications in econometric and nuclear application concerns frontier estimation in econometrics : the data typically consist of input factors Xi R of outputs y. Econometric considerations lead to the natural assumption that the cost function is isotonic

Advanced Econometrics (26:223:655:01) Fall 2012 Professor Robert H. Patrick Department of Finance of the material covered in Econometrics (26:223:554). The purpose of this course is to develop advanced econometric estimation and hypothesis testing tools to analyze and interpret the empirical relevance

Econometrics of testing for jumps in financial economics using bipower variation Ole E. Barndorff management and asset allocation. A stream of recent papers in financial econometrics has addressed this issue of quadratic variation to the increments of the risk premium. The re- cent econometric work on this topic

An Econometric Study Of Vine Copulas D. Guéganand P.A. Maugis PSE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon. Both results are crucial to motivate any econometrical work based on vine copulas. We provide used in econometrics and finance. They became an essential tool for pricing complex products, managing

Vine Copulas as a Way to Describe and Analyze Multi-Variate Dependence in Econometrics and analyzing multi-variate dependence in econometrics; see, e.g., [1­3, 7, 9­11, 13, 14, 21]. Our experience problems of econometrics, there is still a lot of confusion and misunderstanding related to vine copulas

Causality in Economics and Econometrics An Entry for the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Kevin;Causality in Economics and Econometrics K.D. Hoover 9 June 2006 Abstract of Causality in Economics and Econometrics An entry for the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Traces the history of causality

Econophysics, is based on the premise that some ideas and methods from physics can be applied to economic situations. We intend to show in this paper how a physics concept such as entropy can be applied to an economic problem. In so doing, we demonstrate how information in the form of observable data and moment constraints are introduced into the method of Maximum relative Entropy (MrE). A general example of updating with data and moments is shown. Two specific econometric examples are solved in detail which can then be used as templates for real world problems. A numerical example is compared to a large deviation solution which illustrates some of the advantages of the MrE method.

Econometrics of Models with Strategic Interaction Presenter: Elie Tamer (Northwestern) Fee: HE of the econometrics questions that arise when analyzing models with multiple decision makers interacting a set of econometric theorists, applied economists and economic theorists that will share their views

Towards an Agent-Based Foundation of Financial Econometrics: An Approach Based on Genetic-mail: g7258502@grad.cc.nccu.edu.tw Taipei, Taiwan 11623 Abstract Using a few nonlinear econometric tools econometrics. In partic- ular, the time series generated by the GP- based arti#12;cial markets are consistent

Econometric and Neural Network Analysis of the Labor Productivity and Average Gross Earnings and models that were used consist of several lag econometric models, ARIMA processes, as well as feed forward AGEI and LPI. Key-Words: - labor productivity, econometric model, ARIMA, VAR, neural network, forecast

1391 1 INTRODUCTION An application of the finite element method (FEM) for non-linear elastoplastic, 2003; Oliveira, 2006). 2 FINITE ELEMENT REPRESENTATION OF REINFORCED SOIL A discrete representation, the reinforcement and the soil-reinforcement interface-- can be represented using a specific finite element with its

This dissertation contains three essays. They are related to the exponential series estimation of copulas and the application of parametric copulas in financial econometrics. Chapter II proposes a multivariate exponential series estimator (ESE...

This thesis aims to compare five systems of econometric equations to describe the Toronto office market. It compares four structural systems differing in their demand equations and a non-structural system that does not ...

A method for introducing and stabilizing heterologous and recombinant genes in a thermophilic host in which a characteristic gene defining a detectable host characteristic is inactivated or deleted from the thermophilic host, resulting in a modified thermophilic host expressing an absence of the detectable host characteristic. A DNA fragment of interest is inserted into the modified thermophilic host together with an intact characteristic gene, whereby the detectable host characteristic is restored to the thermophilic host, thereby enabling detection and confirmation of successful transformation using plasmid vectors and integration of the DNA fragment into the chromosome of the thermophilic host.

In this Chapter we show that by considering eye movements, and in particular, the resulting sequence of gaze shifts, a stochastic process, a wide variety of tools become available for analyses and modelling beyond conventional statistical methods. Such tools encompass random walk analyses and more complex techniques borrowed from the pattern recognition and machine learning fields. After a brief, though critical, probabilistic tour of current computational models of eye movements and visual attention, we lay down the basis for gaze shift pattern analysis. To this end, the concepts of Markov Processes, the Wiener process and related random walks within the Gaussian framework of the Central Limit Theorem will be introduced. Then, we will deliberately violate fundamental assumptions of the Central Limit Theorem to elicit a larger perspective, rooted in statistical physics, for analysing and modelling eye movements in terms of anomalous, non-Gaussian, random walks and modern foraging theory. Eventually, by resort...

of many people. These people share a love for the Deschutes, though they value the river in many different. The voices of many of people throughout the Deschutes subbasin were heard during the subbasin planningIntroductionIntroduction Section 1 Now as in the past, The Deschutes River binds the people

quantities of rAd and scale the process from bench to production. Mustang Q membrane is such a chromatography cells by pelleting and resuspending the pellet in PBS. Lyse host cells by three freeze- thaw cycles a single Acrodisc filter depending on the effectiveness of the pelleting procedure. At this stage

to analyze air pollution externalities. State-by-state source-receptor transfer coefficients that can be used of the six cri- teria pollutants for which National Ambient Air Quali- ty Standards have been establishedA Spatial Econometric Approach to Measuring Pollution Externalities: An Application to Ozone Smog C

Inspired by Singapore's recent effort in building its new skyline in Maria Bay, the thesis intends to employ econometric structural modeling techniques to Singapore's office market for the period from 1975 to 2011. Using ...

Just over a quarter century ago, Edward Leamer (1983) reflected on the state of empirical work in economics. He urged empirical researchers to “take the con out of econometrics” and memorably observed (p. 37): “Hardly ...

the orders estimates should be minimal, and the benefits of forecasting should exceed the costs. Included in this matter of convenience is the mathematical simplicity of the computations and their evaluation. With these essential characteristics in mind... FORECASTING THE MONTHLY VOLUME OF ORDERS FOR SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER - AH ECONOMETRIC MODEL A Thesis by BEN DOUGLAS JACKSON Submitted to the Graduate College of Texas ASM University in Partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree...

Econometrics (26:223:554:01) Spring 2012 Thursdays, 10:00 AM-12:50 P.M., 1 Washington Park 512://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rpatrick/hp.html This is the first of two required econometrics courses for Ph.D. students in Finance and Economics. The purpose of this course is to develop basic econometric estimation and hypothesis testing tools necessary to analyze

Econometrics (26:223:554:01) Spring 2013 Thursdays, 10:00 AM-12:50 P.M., 1 Washington Park 512://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rpatrick/hp.html This is the first of two required econometrics courses for Ph.D. students in Finance and Economics. The purpose of this course is to develop basic econometric estimation and hypothesis testing tools necessary to analyze

Econometrics (26:223:554:01) Spring 2011 Thursdays, 10:00 AM-12:50 P.M., 1 Washington Park 512://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rpatrick/hp.html This is the first of two required econometrics courses for Ph.D. students in Finance and Economics. The purpose of this course is to develop basic econometric estimation and hypothesis testing tools necessary to analyze

The progress between 1933 and the present in desulfurizing coal gas from coke ovens and making use of the by-products to produce sulfuric acid, thioyanates, etc. is described. The vacuum carbonate process and the monoethanolamine method are apparently now preferred, but some plants are still using modified arsenic-soda processes. More recently additional by-products have been thiocyanates (for producing acrylonitrile fiber) and hydrogen xanthanates. The production of other organic sulfur and cyanide compounds has been investigated for use as herbicides, corrosion inhibitors, etc. (LTN)

Information security continues to evolve in response to disruptive changes with a persistent focus on information-centric controls and a healthy debate about balancing endpoint and network protection, with a goal of improved enterprise/business risk management. Economic uncertainty, intensively collaborative styles of work, virtualization, increased outsourcing and ongoing compliance pressures require careful consideration and adaptation. The Cyberspace Security Econometrics System (CSES) provides a measure (i.e., a quantitative indication) of reliability, performance, and/or safety of a system that accounts for the criticality of each requirement as a function of one or more stakeholders interests in that requirement. For a given stakeholder, CSES accounts for the variance that may exist among the stakes one attaches to meeting each requirement. The basis, objectives and capabilities for the CSES including inputs/outputs as well as the structural and mathematical underpinnings contained in this copyright.

1 Agriculture INTRODUCTION 1.1 Although its share in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has declined from over half at Independence to less than one-fifth currently, agriculture remains the predominant sector in it as the principal occupation. Agriculture still contributes significantly to export earnings and is an important

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The Thai natural rubber economy is described in the context of the world rubber market. An econometric model is estimated for 15 structural equations; it includes the Thai, US, and rest-of-the-world rubber economies. Several simulation experiments are analyzed for the period from 1984 to 1995. Impact and dynamic multipliers are reported for major endogenous variables in response to changes in US GDP, world crude oil price, Thai replanting cess tax and Thai natural rubber production. A 1%, one-time increase in the US GDP has a positive effect on the Singapore natural rubber price. A world crude oil price decline shock has a negative effect in both the short-run and the long-run. The INRO buffer stock stabilization policy as well as alternative domestic Thai policies of market intervention are analyzed. The simulation results show that buffer stock management which allows a price band of +/-20% around the price target has the most stabilized price, compared to other band widths and no stock management. The outcome of the increase of the Thai replanting cess tax raises not only cess tax revenue, but also producer and export earning. Results showed that a decrease in rubber production positively affected producer and export earnings in the long-run.

The precarious position of Nigeria in being a one-resource (oil) based economy in terms of revenue generation has become a major cause of concern for the experts and political pundits. In this study, the author seeks to explore further the empirical basis for this concern in two stages. First, a macro-econometric model of Nigeria was constructed and evaluated. The model highlights the various channels through which the oil sector influences the rest of the economy. Economic theory, econometric techniques, existing fund of knowledge in the practice, computer simulation, and the institutional framework of Nigeria were brought to bear upon the modeling process. In the second stage, the resulting simulation model was used to examine the sensitivity of the economy to the leading sector (oil) as well as the growth potential of Nigeria up to 1986. The crucial question that was addressed is: will the oil sector be able to support a continuing economic growth of Nigeria in the absence of policy initiatives to diversify the revenue base of the economy. Although the empirical findings are hypothetical, they do have far-reaching implications for Nigeria's growth prospects and political stability.

these two systems is 1 "Soft" infrastructures refersto institutionalinfrastructure required to maintain1 Introduction to Energy Systems Planning 1 Introduction We will do the following in these introductory notes. Distinguish infrastructure systems, energy systems, and power systems Define "planning

Introduction Clays and health: An introduction "Clays are the materials for ceramics production" is the general idea of people about clays. However, clay minerals are not only the "most abundant components. Hundreds of uses reveal the utility of clays in very different fields (Odom, 1984; Jepson, 1984; Murray

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Social Dynamics Introduction Part I: Correlation and the Social Contract Introduction to part I 1: University of Utah Press. 47-69. Part II: Importance of Dynamics Introduction to part II 1. Trust, Risk Significance of Some Simple Evolutionary Models (2000) Philosophy of Science 67: 94-113. 4. Dynamics

A method for presenting the health impact of emissions from furniture is introduced, which could be used in the context of environmental product declarations. The health impact is described by the negative indoor air quality potential, the carcinogenic potential, the mutagenic and reprotoxic potential, the allergenic potential, and the toxicological potential. An experimental study of emissions from four pieces of furniture is performed by testing both the materials used for production of the furniture and the complete piece of furniture, in order to compare the results gained by adding emissions of material with results gained from testing the finished piece of furniture. Calculating the emission from a product based on the emission from materials used in the manufacture of the product is a new idea. The relation between calculated results and measured results from the same products differ between the four pieces of furniture tested. Large differences between measured and calculated values are seen for leather products. More knowledge is needed to understand why these differences arise. Testing materials allows us to compare different suppliers of the same material. Four different foams and three different timber materials are tested, and the results vary between materials of the same type. If the manufacturer possesses this type of knowledge of the materials from the subcontractors it could be used as a selection criterion according to production of low emission products. -- Highlights: • A method for presenting health impact of emissions is introduced. • An experimental study of emissions from four pieces of furniture is performed. • Health impact is calculated based on sum of contribution from the materials used. • Calculated health impact is compared to health impact of the manufactured product. • The results show that health impact could be useful in product development and for presentation in EPDs.

This paper presents the results of econometric estimation of the ''rebound effect'' for household vehicle travel in the United States based on a comprehensive analysis of survey data collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) at approximately three-year intervals over a 15-year period. The rebound effect is defined as the percent change in vehicle travel for a percent change in fuel economy. It summarizes the tendency to ''take back'' potential energy savings due to fuel economy improvements in the form of increased vehicle travel. Separate vehicles use models were estimated for one-, two-, three-, four-, and five-vehicle households. The results are consistent with the consensus of recently published estimates based on national or state-level data, which show a long-run rebound effect of about +0.2 (a ten percent increase in fuel economy, all else equal, would produce roughly a two percent increase in vehicle travel and an eight percent reduction in fuel use). The hypothesis that vehicle travel responds equally to changes in fuel cost-per-mile whether caused by changes in fuel economy or fuel price per gallon could not be rejected. Recognizing the interdependency in survey data among miles of travel, fuel economy and price paid for fuel for a particular vehicle turns out to be crucial to obtaining meaningful results.

INTRODUCTION TO GENOMIC MEDICINE Genomics play a role in 21st century research and clinical related to genomic medicine. Tentative Schedule: WHEN: WHERE: WHO CAN ATTEND? INTRODUCTION January 31 Implications of Genomics in Clinical Medicine February 7 Molecular Biology/Genetics Refresher - 1 February 14

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Some well known mathematical models in the form of partial differential equations representing real world systems are introduced along with fundamental concepts of Image Processing. Notions such as seismic texture, seismic attributes, core data, well logging, seismic tomography and reservoirs simulation are discussed.

A sample transport, sample introduction, and flame excitation system for spectrometric analysis of high temperature gas streams which eliminates degradation of the sample stream by condensation losses.

susceptibility to disease is homogenous across the network degree distribution is roughly symmetric much the network highly skewed distribution of contacts (follows a discretized Weibull distribution) most nodesIntroduction ERGM Model Fitting Simulation References Using social network characteristics

The paper deals with the problem of identifying the internal dependencies and similarities among a large number of random processes. Linear models are considered to describe the relations among the time series and the energy associated to the corresponding modeling error is the criterion adopted to quantify their similarities. Such an approach is interpreted in terms of graph theory suggesting a natural way to group processes together when one provides the best model to explain the other. Moreover, the clustering technique introduced in this paper will turn out to be the dynamical generalization of other multivariate procedures described in literature.

Summer Housing Contract INTRODUCTION Wesleyan University believes that residential life OF OCCUPANCY The minimum contract term for summer housing is two weeks beginning on May 27, 2011 and closing includes the dates university housing is available for students to move in and dates that students

Power Series 16.4 Introduction In this section we consider power series. These are examples of infinite series where each term contains a variable, x, raised to a positive integer power. We use the ratio test to obtain the radius of convergence R, of the power series and state the important result

Computer Use Regulation #12;Introduction Â· The following training materials will reference the contents of the Computer Use Regulations, but should not serve as a substitute for reading the actual responsibilities NCSU employees have under the regulations. Â· North Carolina State University's computer networks

Risk Management Strategy Introduction 1. The risk of adverse consequences is inherent in all activity. Dynamic enterprise will inevitably create new risks. Risk management is about ensuring that all significant relevant risks are understood and prioritised as part of normal management

Chapter One Introduction This book represents a modern treatment of classical control theory of continuous- and discrete-time linear systems. Classical control theory originated in the fifties and attained "dynamic" computers for solving specialized problems. Where is the place of classical (and modern) control

GE Healthcare Introduction HR 16 columns are designed for high resolution liquid chromatography your local GE Healthcare office. System compatibility HR 16 columns are designed to be used with ÄKTATM. Wash the parts thoroughly in distilled water. 4. Reassemble the column (see Assembling the column above

transformation languages Introduction Transformation languages are widely used for to process can I change / transform the design of a certain task without changing it's logic The common/and hierarchical or/and abstract set of information. It can even be a stream of data. Â· The transformation engine

are performed every day. The Web consists of the Surface Web and the Deep Web (Hidden Web or Invisible Web of a page allows the page to be fetched directly. In contrast, the Deep Web contains pages that cannotD DATA SEARCH ENGINE INTRODUCTION The World Wide Web was first developed by Tim Berners- Lee

Ecosystem element cycling Introduction An ecosystem consists of all the biological organisms and the physical environments they occupy together within a defined area [1]. The actual boundaries of an ecosystem are generally defined by researchers studying the ecosystem, who are usually interested in understanding

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 1. Introduction University of Glasgow recognises that its activities may have effects on the environment. This Environmental Policy has been produced to affirm the University's commitment to environmental issues and to demonstrate its intention to address those issues through continual

Landscape pattern metrics Introduction Landscape ecology, if not ecology in general, is largely founded on the notion that environmen- tal patterns strongly influence ecological processes [1, 2, and these patterns interact with organism perception and behavior to drive the higher level processes of population

University Materials Institute INTRODUCTION The University Materials Science Institute of Alicante the needed multidisciplinary character of the materials area. It is important to highlight the fact participate in the Materials Science PhD program which is imparted at the UA. Scientific research

with the originality and creativity to establish total health care, (2advanced healthcare specialists with abundant and researchers who can put total health care into practice. 21 20084 2 3 total health care #1232 Introduction Guide Entrance Life Career Inquiries Health Sciences Health Problems

42 Highlights Introduction Wind is an important driving force for wave growth and surge. Knowledge of extreme wind speed levels in the coastal regions of the Netherlands and over inland water bodies boundary conditions. The KNMI-HYDRA project aims at providing an updated wind climatology for the Dutch

Introduction to Transportation Planning CMP 4710/6710 Fall 2012 3 Credit Hours Room: ARCH 229 on a Saturday night, transportation is not an objective in and of itself, but a means to carry out the functions of daily living (i.e., it's a "derived good"). As a consequence, the transportation systems we build

Wind Turbine Competition Introduction: The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, SHPE at UTK, wishes to invite you to participate in our first `Wind Turbine' competition as part of Engineer's Week). You will be evaluated by how much power your wind turbine generates at the medium setting of our fan

Forest ecology Introduction Forest ecology is a part of ecology that is con- cerned with forests as opposed to grasslands, savan- nas, or tundra. Ecology is the study of the processes of interaction among organisms and between organ- isms and their environment. Ecology is often subdi- vided into physiological

1 Plant Ecology An Introduction Ecology as a Science Study of the relationships between living and causes of the abundance and distribution of organisms Ecology as a Science We'll use the perspective of terrestrial plants Basic ecology - ecological principles Applied ecology - application of principles

#12;#12;#12;#12;#12;#12;page 1 1 Introduction Techniques to recover object shapes from reflectance. The sunlight can be regarded as yellow point light source whose movement is restricted to the ecliptic1 reflection components from the object surface. Reflection from object surfaces may have multiple 1. The great

Research paper Introduction The need for protected areas to preserve biodiversity, natural or near. Mostly for economic reasons, protected areas such as natural parks and reserves were often selected of such conservation efforts is the protection of landscapes with (presumed) ecological integrity and naturalness

885RESEARCH ARTICLE INTRODUCTION Entry into and exit from mitosis is regulated by cyclin cell cycles is that directionality is provided by cyclin B destruction rendering exit from M phase, during meiosis, two M phases occur one after the other. Moreover, akin to mitotic exit, exit from meoisis

THE APPLICATIONS AND VALIDITY OF BODE'S LAW CAN WE EXPLAIN BODE'S LAW USING GRAVITY? 8 Law of Gravitation 8 Centre#12;#12;CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION WHO, HOW AND WHEN IS THE BODE'S LAW DISCOVERED? 1 THE BODE'S LAW HOW THE BODE'S LAW SATISFIED URANUS 3 HOW THE BODE'S LAW LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF CERES

6.4.12 #12;INTRODUCTION UNIVERSITY LOGO COLOR PALETTE TYPOGRAPHY NOMENCLATURE TONE OF VOICE IMAGERY. The University of California, Irvine #12;#12;UNIVERSITY LOGO Overview As one of the world's leading institutions of higher learning, it is crucial for UC Irvine to consistently display a clear and unified logo. This guide

Fall 2014 BCB Graduate Program Introduction Bioinformatics and Computational Biology www and Computational Biology #12;Program Overview One of the first Bioinformatics Ph.D. programs in the US With about-major professor (each in a different discipline) Bioinformatics and Computational Biology #12;Major Research

1 Synthetic Texturing 1.1 Introduction This dissertation describes improved methods for computer of this, the top of Figure 1.1 shows a horse model with a white surface and the bottom shows this same-hocformulasforlightreflection Figure 1.1: Stripe texture created using reaction-diffusion. Top is an untextured horse and the bottom

#12;#12;3 1 Introduction 1.1 Background Research method is a relevant topic to anybody performing. 1.2 Classical Research, Technology and Technology Research The term research is defined in several different ways. According to Merriam-Webster [1], research is "investigation or experimentation aimed

1 Introduction and Overview 1.1 Introduction There is plenty of evidence that social behaviour quantitative, empirical grounding for emotional NLG. 1.2 Concepts and Terminology Realism and believability

Webs are sets of Feynman diagrams that contribute to the exponents of scattering amplitudes, in the kinematic limit in which emitted radiation is soft. As such, they have a number of phenomenological and formal applications, and offer tantalising glimpses into the all-order structure of perturbative quantum field theory. This article is based on a series of lectures given to graduate students, and aims to provide a pedagogical introduction to webs. Topics covered include exponentiation in (non-)abelian gauge theories, the web mixing matrix formalism for non-abelian gauge theories, and recent progress on the calculation of web diagrams. Problems are included throughout the text, to aid understanding.

We present a pedagogical introduction to NRQED (non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics). NRQED is an effective field theory that describes the interaction of non-relativistic, possibly composite, spin-half particle with the electromagnetic field. We explain in detail how the NRQED Lagrangian is constructed up to and including order $1/M^2$, where $M$ is the mass of the spin-half particle. As a sample application, we derive the Thomson scattering cross section for the low energy scattering of a photon and a possibly composite spin-half particle.

These lectures give an introduction to the theory of holographic superconductors. These are superconductors that have a dual gravitational description using gauge/gravity duality. After introducing a suitable gravitational theory, we discuss its properties in various regimes: the probe limit, the effects of backreaction, the zero temperature limit, and the addition of magnetic fields. Using the gauge/gravity dictionary, these properties reproduce many of the standard features of superconductors. Some familiarity with gauge/gravity duality is assumed. A list of open problems is included at the end.

The goal of the lectures on lattice QCD (LQCD) is to provide an overview of both the technical issues and the progress made so far in obtaining phenomenologically useful numbers. The lectures consist of three parts. The author`s charter is to provide an introduction to LQCD and outline the scope of LQCD calculations. In the second set of lectures, Guido Martinelli will discuss the progress they have made so far in obtaining results, and their impact on Standard Model phenomenology. Finally, Martin Luescher will discuss the topical subjects of chiral symmetry, improved formulation of lattice QCD, and the impact these improvements will have on the quality of results expected from the next generation of simulations.

CISOs are taking a growing interest in the po- tential applications of risk analysis methods to deci). The pur- pose was to provide a forum for CISOs (about 25 par- ticipated representing a variety of business

Shape dynamics is a completely background-independent universal framework of dynamical theories from which all absolute elements have been eliminated. For particles, only the variables that describe the shapes of the instantaneous particle configurations are dynamical. In the case of Riemannian three-geometries, the only dynamical variables are the parts of the metric that determine angles. The local scale factor plays no role. This leads to a shape-dynamic theory of gravity in which the four-dimensional diffeomorphism invariance of general relativity is replaced by three-dimensional diffeomorphism invariance and three-dimensional conformal invariance. Despite this difference of symmetry groups, it is remarkable that the predictions of the two theories -- shape dynamics and general relativity -- agree on spacetime foliations by hypersurfaces of constant mean extrinsic curvature. However, the two theories are distinct, with shape dynamics having a much more restrictive set of solutions. There are indications that the symmetry group of shape dynamics makes it more amenable to quantization and thus to the creation of quantum gravity. This introduction presents in simple terms the arguments for shape dynamics, its implementation techniques, and a survey of existing results.

Introduction The idea of architecture What cognitve behaviors have in common Behavior as movement through problem spaces Tying the content to the architecture Memory, perception, action and cognition Detecting a lack of knowledge Learning The SOAR architecture in review Introduction to SOAR based on

PHENIX is a software package that automates nearly all aspects of macromolecular structure determination. This talk will describe the main features of PHENIX, including automated structure solution by MIR, MAD and SAD methods, refinement, molecular replacement, and validation. The PHENIX GUI and command line interfaces will be described as well.

This report is a summary of the history and properties of plutonium. It presents information on the atoms, comparing chemical and nuclear properties. It looks at the history of the atom, including its discovery and production methods. It summarizes the metallurgy and chemistry of the element. It also describes means of detecting and measuring the presence and quantity of the element.

Vulnerability Scanning Policy 1 Introduction Vulnerability scanning is an important and necessary and can alert system administrators to potentially serious problems. However vulnerability scanning also to compromise system security. The following policy details the conditions under which vulnerability scans may

Unit 23 1 Software Engineering · Introduction to SWE · What is SDLC · Phases of SDLC #12;Unit 23 2 the new house to the customer which is now ready for occupation. #12;Unit 23 4 What is SDLC The SDLC has

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES STUDENT CHARTER Introduction This Charter sets out the standards of provision. Residential Services are committed to encouraging diversity and inclusiveness within University residences via the Residential Services Annual Report and the internet. Consultation This Charter was developed

Tex-A-Syst is a series of publications to help rural residents assess the risk of ground water pollution and understand practices that can protect ground water. This introduction covers the characteristics of aquifers and explains how to conduct...

The Total RNA Story Introduction Assessing RNA sample quality as a routine part of the gene about RNA sample quality. Data from a high quality total RNA preparation Although a wide variety RNA data interpretation and identify features from total RNA electropherograms that reveal information

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SPINNING THE SEMANTIC WEB INTRODUCTION Dieter Fensel, Jim Hendler, Henry Lieberman, and Wolfgang Wahlster The World Wide Web (WWW) has drastically changed the availability of electronically accessible (http://www.w3c.org) expects around a billion Web users and an even higher number of available documents

times as many jobs per dollar as gas, oil or coal. And dollars invested in clean energy tend to stay. Investment in clean technology is also growing. Clean tech investment in California reached $3.3 billionClean Energy Jobs Plan Introduction When I was governor, California was the world leader

An Introduction to Causal Inference* Richard Scheines In Causation, Prediction, and Search (CPS in Glymour's paper or in CPS, which are clear although sometimes dense. Here I attempt to fix intuitions by highlighting a few of the essential ideas and by providing extremely simple examples throughout. The route I

An Introduction to Causal Inference Richard Scheines In Causation, Prediction, and Search (CPS in Glymour's paper or in CPS, which are clear although sometimes dense. Here I attempt to fix intuitions by highlighting a few of the essential ideas and by providing extremely simple examples throughout. The route I

I. INTRODUCTION Hierarchical Adaptive Kalman Filtering for Interplanetary Orbit Determination of Texas at Austin A modular and flexibleapproach to adaptive Kalman filtering has recently been introduced using the framework of a mixture-of-experts regulated by a gating network. Each expert is a Kalman

MARSAME Roadmap ROADMAP Introduction to MARSAME The Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment flexibility in the survey process, and this flexibility is incorporated into MARSAME. The Goal of the Roadmap The increased flexibility of MARSAME comes with increased complexity. The goal of the roadmap is to assist

- velopment of techniques that have allowed the ion motion to be cooled into the ground state of the confiningLaser Cooling of Matter INTRODUCTION Laser cooling of neutral atoms in the past decades has been a breakthrough in the understanding of their dy- namics and led to the seminal proposals of laser cooling

38 Introduction Guide Entrance Life Career Inquiries Agriculture/Agricultural Science Mission and goal of the Graduate School of Agricultural Science The mission of agricultural science organization which aims to realize this agricultural ideal, the Graduate School of Agricultural Science's basic

problems related to security of supply, climate change and environmental degradation, but hydrogen energy4 Risř Energy Report 3 Introduction Hydrogen used as an energy carrier may not solve all our energy in combination with fuel cells may fit well into a future energy system based on renewables. If Denmark

AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM OPTICS... ...the light as you've never seen before... Optics:http://science.howstuffworks.com/laser5.htm #12;5 DEFINITION Quantum Optics: "Quantum optics is a field in quantum physics, dealing OPTICS OPERATORS Light is described in terms of field operators for creation and annihilation of photons

SCIENCE, OPTICS & YOU GUIDEBOOK - i - INTRODUCTION WHAT IS SCIENCE, 0PTICS & YOU? The Science, Optics and You Guidebook is made up as follows: Science, Optics and You is a standards light, color, and optics. Activities are designed to engage students in active investigation

#12;1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 SECTION ONE: PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE 4 SECTION TWO, it offers a practical guide to staff and volunteers who work with children by outlining a number of fundamental principles of good practice, highlighting the key elements of each one and discussing the issues

budget and scope adjustments, project durations, and the results from the science review) categorical projects for up to eight years. Periodic budget and performance check-ins would occur duringWildlife Category Review: Planning Introduction Category and Geographic Reviews To implement

, plastics and drugs. The reactor model developed in this chapter's application is based on the principle195 7 Introduction to Maple Programming Chemical engineers apply principles of chemistry, physics and undergo other chemical changes during the manufacturing process. Reactors and reactor models can be used

INTRODUCTION TO THE MENTOR AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS Office of Student Affairs #12;Must Have Skills of a Mentor Interpersonal Communication Leadership Knowledge Establishing Rapport "Nurturing" Non to bring the spark, but it is the responsibility as a mentor to provide the structure and support

........................................................................................................B-1 Workshop on Electrolysis Production of Hydrogen from Wind and Hydropower i #12;ii Workshop on Electrolysis Production of Hydrogen from Wind and Hydropower #12;Introduction Wind and hydropower technologies. The co-production of electricity and hydrogen from wind and hydropower facilities offers some exciting

electricity demand forecast means that the region's electricity needs would grow by 5,343 average megawattsDemand Forecast INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY A 20-year forecast of electricity demand is a required in electricity demand is, of course, crucial to determining the need for new electricity resources and helping

3. PROJECT GOVERNANCE 1. Introduction In October 2010, the CEI UPF-Icŕria project, led by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), was named an International Campus of Excellence (CEI). The project defined a set I. CEI UPF-Icŕria governance model Source: CEI UPF-Icŕria project The specific purpose of each unit

1 Co-optimization 1 Introduction Many of you are familiar with the basic electricity market operation which maximizes the economic surplus of the market, where the surplus may be loosely thought engines because it does not account for reserves. The simplest approach to account for reserves

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This section of the report describes the history of the tribology program of the Office of Transportation Materials (OTM) in the Office of Transportation Technologies (OTT). The mission of the Office of Transportation Technology is discussed. OTT`s research objectives focus on (1) automobiles and light-duty trucks and vans and (2) heavy duty trucks and buses. Even small gains in efficiency can produce large paybacks for the tax dollar. The mission of the Office of Transportation Materials is also described. Its research objective is to enable the development and engineering of energy-efficient transportation systems that will make possible the transition of the U.S. transportation sector from dependence on petroleum to alternative fuels and electricity. The mission of the Tibology Program is to provide the base technology to enable savings in annual U.S. energy consumption through tribological advances in the transportation sector. Current task areas are in the fields of advanced lubrication, engineered tribological interfaces, advanced tribomaterials and components, and project management.

cycle of about 7—11 years duration, commonly known as the Juglar cycle. Other economists such as Kitchin, Kuznets and Kondratieff followed Juglar’s lead and discovered the inventory cycle (3—5 years duration), the building cy- cle (15—25 years duration...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Predicting pile behaviour The axial capacity of displacement piles in sand widely used technique for the design of long offshore displacement piles is that proposed by the American resistance in sand The observed unreliability in pile design methods suggests that the governing behaviour

and Operations Research. It focuses on linear programming, the fundamental concepts, and algorithms. Applications programming problems, such as the transportation problem and assignment problems will also be studied 2. Linear Programming Introduction Graphical Method 3. Some Applications of Linear Programming 4

and presented by Box et al. (1) and Taguchi (2), and applica­ tion to semiconductor manufacturing by Phadke (3 as a ``bridge'' between manufacturing and design. In (14, 15) an early review of the defining elements

and presented by Box et al. (1) and Taguchi (2), and applica- tion to semiconductor manufacturing by Phadke (3 as a "bridge" between manufacturing and design. In (14, 15) an early review of the defining elements

need 3D structures in order to implement complex designs. These re- quirements have stimulated or printing. PDMS is inexpen- sive, homogeneous, optically transparent, nontoxic, and commercially available. The flexibility of the PDMS replicas also al- lows patterning by microcontact printing or micromolding

Bottles-Everybody needs up to 4 quarts of water each day in the field. Hard plastic bottles best since most students freeze their bottles each night. Camelbacks are also very good. Â· Lunch Container-8" x 8

These lecture notes are an elementary and pedagogical introduction to the black hole evaporation, based on a lecture given by the author at the Ninth Modave Summer School in Mathematical Physics and are intended for PhD students. First, quantum field theory in curved spacetime is studied and tools needed for the remaining of the course are introduced. Then, quantum field theory in Rindler spacetime in 1+1 dimensions and in the spacetime of a spherically collapsing star are considered, leading to Unruh and Hawking effects, respectively. Finally, some consequences such as thermodynamics of black holes and information loss paradox are discussed.

Spherical field theory is a new non-perturbative method for studying quantum field theories. It uses the spherical partial wave expansion to reduce a general d-dimensional Euclidean field theory into a set of coupled one-dimensional systems. The coupled one-dimensional systems are then converted to partial differential equations and solved numerically. We demonstrate the methods of spherical field theory by analyzing Euclidean phi^4 theory in two dimensions.

IntroductionIntroduction The Ashland BLM Field Office has actively pursued fuel reduction since hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface (WUI). The Ashland Field Office has completed 12 landscape

The prediction of the three-dimensional native structure of proteins from the knowledge of their amino acid sequence, known as the protein folding problem, is one of the most important yet unsolved issues of modern science. Since the conformational behaviour of flexible molecules is nothing more than a complex physical problem, increasingly more physicists are moving into the study of protein systems, bringing with them powerful mathematical and computational tools, as well as the sharp intuition and deep images inherent to the physics discipline. This work attempts to facilitate the first steps of such a transition. In order to achieve this goal, we provide an exhaustive account of the reasons underlying the protein folding problem enormous relevance and summarize the present-day status of the methods aimed to solving it. We also provide an introduction to the particular structure of these biological heteropolymers, and we physically define the problem stating the assumptions behind this (commonly implicit) definition. Finally, we review the 'special flavor' of statistical mechanics that is typically used to study the astronomically large phase spaces of macromolecules. Throughout the whole work, much material that is found scattered in the literature has been put together here to improve comprehension and to serve as a handy reference.

After a general introduction to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we give the basics of implementing quantum algorithms. We describe how qubits are realized and controlled with RF pulses, their internal interactions, and gradient fields. A peculiarity of NMR is that the internal interactions (given by the internal Hamiltonian) are always on. We discuss how they can be effectively turned off with the help of a standard NMR method called ``refocusing''. Liquid state NMR experiments are done at room temperature, leading to an extremely mixed (that is, nearly random) initial state. Despite this high degree of randomness, it is possible to investigate QIP because the relaxation time (the time scale over which useful signal from a computation is lost) is sufficiently long. We explain how this feature leads to the crucial ability of simulating a pure (non-random) state by using ``pseudopure'' states. We discuss how the ``answer'' provided by a computation is obtained by measurement and how this measurement differs from the ideal, projective measurement of QIP. We then give implementations of some simple quantum algorithms with a typical experimental result. We conclude with a discussion of what we have learned from NMR QIP so far and what the prospects for future NMR QIP experiments are.

Objectives 1-1 1 1 Introduction Objectives 1-1 History 1-2 Applications 1-5 Biological Inspiration 1-8 Further Reading 1-10 Objectives As you read these words you are using a complex biological and their training. #12;1 Introduction 1-2 History The history of artificial neural networks is filled with colorful

of multivariate data and in the language of matrices and vectors. Broad introduction to MATLAB/Octave, R (SSyllabus Introduction to Statistical Linear Models 960:577:01 Spring 2005 Instructor: Farid Statistical Analysis" Fifth edition, Prentice Hall, 2002. Other sources may be required and will be posted

techniques from a wide variety of disciplines, they are able to directly observe, model or even manipulate and protein biosynthesis, as well as how these events are regulated. By drawing knowledge and experimental-molecule control of protein function and properties, methods for predicting which molecules will display desirable

Introduction Wetlands are increasingly used for wastewater treatment Plant community changes and related nutrient retention within an aridland constructed wastewater treatment wetland How does plant community composition change in an aridland constructed wastewater treatment wetland and how do those

88 Power Series Methods 8.1 Introduction and Review of Power Series In Section 3.3 we saw by inspection, linear equations with variable coefficients generally require the power series techniques - 2xy + n(n + 1)y = 0. In this section we introduce the power series method in its simplest form and

We give a short and elementary introduction to Lie group methods. A selection of applications of Lie group integrators are discussed. Finally, a family of symplectic integrators on cotangent bundles of Lie groups is presented and the notion of discrete gradient methods is generalised to Lie groups.

Montana State University EIND 101 Introduction to Industrial Engineering EIND ­ 101: INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (Revised 11/4/11) CATALOG DATA: PREREQUISITE: Must be taken the first year enrolled in IE program. Overview of the industrial engineering profession. Lectures will concentrate on tools

University of Michigan · college of engineering 1 2010 · 2011 BUlletin IntroductIon For students the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Michigan Engineering offers a rare combination of high. Michigan Engineers--at the graduate and undergraduate levels--learn how to apply the latest developments

The Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Market Introduction Study Workshop was attended by approximately forty representatives from various stakeholder organizations. The event took place at the Hotel Helix in Washington, D.C. on December 1-2, 2008. The purpose of this workshop was to follow-up last year s PHEV Value Proposition Study, which showed that indeed, a viable and even thriving market for these vehicles can exist by the year 2030. This workshop aimed to identify immediate action items that need to be undertaken to achieve a successful market introduction and ensuing large market share of PHEVs in the U.S. automotive fleet.

In the summer of 1992, I had the opportunity to participate in a Faculty Research Program, at Argonne National Laboratory. During that time I came in contact with some developments in computer science that were unfamiliar to me as a mathematician. Since most mathematicians have some exposure to computers, but certainly are not computer scientists, I felt it was appropriate to write a paper summarizing my introduction to program transformation. This paper is not meant to be a full explanation of the topic, but an informal introduction for the ``mathematical layman.``

solution to reduce cost, petroleum consumption and emissions from the transportation sector. PHEVs aimTHEMENHEFT FORSCHUNG INTELLIGENTE FAHRZEUGE76 1. Introduction Public awareness of climate change and of the importance of energy savings is increasing and governments are encourag- ing the use of renewable energy

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Jacked piles The axial capacity of displacement piles in sand is arguably consensus of the mechanism by which a pile penetrates soil. As a consequence, the most widely used design piles. Since pile hammers and vibrators are rarely permitted in urban areas, displacement piles

INTRODUCTION Aquatic food-webs' ecology: old and new challenges Andrea Belgrano Looking up ``aquatic food web'' on Google provides a dizzying array of eclectic sites and information (and disinformation!) to choose from. However, even within this morass it is clear that aquatic food-web research has

, design changes. 1 Introduction Distillation is the most common unit operation in the chemical industry years, especially since distil- lation columns has become a favorite subject in the process systems is that distillation columns are them- selves a system; a distillation columns may be viewed as a set of integrated

University of Edinburgh email: cps@dcs.ed.ac.uk 1 Introduction The DPDA equivalence problem was posed in 1966 produced a different proof of decidability that is essentially a simplification of SÂ´enizergues's proof [14, the tableau proof system uses conditional proof rules that involve distances between premises. Essentially

University of Edinburgh email: cps@dcs.ed.ac.uk 1 Introduction The DPDA equivalence problem was posed in 1966 produced a di#erent proof of decidability that is essentially a simplification of Sâ??enizergues's proof [14, the tableau proof system uses conditional proof rules that involve distances between premises. Essentially

289 4 Inventory of Existing Activities Introduction Inventory of existing activities is a key activities, which represents each agencies role in the management of the subbasin. In addition, an inventory of projects follows. This inventory is designed to be compared with the needs for fish and wildlife identified

1. Introduction to Expanded Bed Adsorption This handbook introduces the principles of Expanded Bed Adsorption and serves as a practical guide to the use of STREAMLINE adsorbents and columns available from Adsorption. The majority of biotechnology processes for producing pharmaceutical or diagnostic products

Introduction Proposed Strategy for Cellulosic Bioethanol Production Bioethanol: Eco for industries interested in new approaches for synthesizing bioethanol. Lastly, we suggest which downstream use of bioethanol would be the most eco-effective and the most economic by considering both environmental health

Introduction to Magnetic Thermonuclear Fusion and Related Research Projects Ghassan Antar Fusion 2. Research on Turbulence (Theory and Experiment) 3. Research on Disruptions 4. Research on Plasma Facing Components #12;Ghassan Y. ANTAR 3 Fusion Occurs when Two Nuclei Unite to Form One The Energy

School of Law Web Policy Introduction The University of South Carolina School of Law website is an important communications mechanism. The University of South Carolina School of Law website includes the main School of Law website, separate School of Law centers and program sites and student journal sites

Introduction Materials science and engineering is on a plateau. As a field, it has been one is biomaterials. A Short History of Materials Science and Engineering Materials science and engineering (MS&E) has and engineering. What is the Next BigThing for Materials Science? A50-year history of productive reinven- tion

67 Chapter 5: The Ontology of Mind Introduction This chapter takes the properties of student-generated analogies in science that were detailed in the previous chapter and introduces a theory of mind that can account for these, explaining how a particular ontology of mind can begin to account for findings

The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Introduction to SAE Hydrogen Fueling Standardization" on Thursday, September 11. The webinar will provide an overview of the SAE Standards SAE J2601 and J2799 and how they are applied to hydrogen fueling for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

6 Magnetic Reconnection 6.1 Introduction Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process or slow (in a sense defined below), although in many dynamic phenomena such as solar flares it is fast. The main effects of magnetic reconnection are often: (i) to convert some of the magnetic energy into heat

Editorial Special issue on Speech Enhancement 1. Introduction Speech quality is severely degraded and environment. Speech enhancement algorithms which improve the quality of speech and reduce or eliminate of microphones used to collect the acoustic signal and noise, different speech enhancement algorithms have been

by a sudden technological breakthrough. As to the former, low- entropy energy from the sun was (and isIntroduction: Modern Energy and Modern Society John Byrne, Noah Toly, and Young-Doo Wang Spiking of the global energy system. Rising in importance are headlines that associate modern energy with modern

The guide provides non-mandatory guidance for the implementation of the requirements pertaining to the DOE comprehensive EMS. Volume 1 is an introduction to the program. Canceled by DOE G 151.1-1A. Does not cancel other directives.

Manufacturing Fuel Pellets from Biomass Introduction Wood pellets have increased tremendously pellet stoves or boilers over traditional wood-fired equipment due to their relative ease of use. As a result, the demand for fuel pellets has also grown quickly. However, wood is not the only suitable

of incremental learning and introducing some distinctions among types of order effects. We then turn to a moreOrder Effects in Incremental Learning 1. Introduction Intelligent agents, including humans, exist in an environment that changes over time. Thus, it seems natural that models of learning in such agents take

Lab 3: Inorganic Plant Nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Silicate Introduction Compounds of nitrogen. Silicate can play a regulating role in the growth of such organisms that carry shells of silicate. Most important are diatoms, which may form phytoplankton blooms under conditions of sufficient silicate

Permeation & Degradation Data 8thEDITION #12;Introduction to the 8th Edition When reviewing. Ansell's ASTM standard permeation and degradation tests are presented on the following pages as an aid ratings are comparisons of permeation rates to each other. Degradation is a reduction in one or more

Chapter 2 Realized Stock Volatility 2.1 Introduction Financial market volatility is indispensable for asset and derivative pricing, asset allocation, and risk management. As volatility is not a directly is to calculate the daily volatility from the sample variance of intraday returns, the `realized' volatility

Chapter 1 Introduction My soul is full of longing For the secret of the sea, And the heart whose oceans and atmosphere are rich in structure, and alive with currents, waves and eddies spanning of the trade winds also shuts down upwelling in the eastern equatorial Pacific, reducing the inflow

1093. Science case 3.1 Introduction When the development of the OWL concept started in 1997, its size was set to the rather overwhelming 100-m diameter in order to be able to reach three main science of earth-like planets around other stars. These science cases were supported by qualitative

of Embedded Real-time Systems; ___SW4581 Software Reliability (3-1); ___SW4582 Weapons System Software SafetyThe Software Engineering Master's Program 1. Introduction The Software Engineering program at the U to learn all aspects of software development and the skills needed to efficiently and reliably plan

JET neutral beam power upgrade Introduction A tokamak is a complex assembly, a system of systems the challenging requirements that fusion demands. The neutral beam heating system and its upgrade for the JET systems) are the main plasma heating scheme on fusion devices such as JET and ITER. The JET neutral beam